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The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
William Blake
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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')
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To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement.
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The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.
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The countless gold of a merry heart, The rubies and pearls of a loving eye, The indolent never can bring to the mart, Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury.
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Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?
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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy head!
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The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.
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Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.
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Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
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